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TIL the man who voiced Tigger from "Winnie the Pooh" was the first to invent an artificial heart

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exx4 TIL that Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito were roommates in college.
0drpM TIL Joe Pesci's Rap "wise guy" was partially written by Debbie Harry
6EylJ TIL for an entire season Michael Jordan would bet Scottie Pippen on the Jumbotron races during timeouts (but MJ would have the scoreboard operator tell him the outcome ahead of time).
wbLP TIL Australian astronomers discovered a mysterious signal to be their microwave oven after 17 years
mxAbO TIL about a disabled British pensioner called Kempton Bunton who stole Goya's Portrait of The Duke of Wellington in 1961, who would return it on condition of a donation made to charity. His case went to trial where he was found not guilty of stealing the painting but guilty of stealing the frame.